HOLY WOOD: MOVIES DOING THE BIBLE by Phil Scheidt – A Laugh-Out Loud Book About Bible Movies

By Tom Stockman | April 25, 2021

Holy Wood: Movies Doing the Bible can be found on Amazon HERE

In Phil Scheidt’s new book HOLY WOOD, film errors are humorously pointed out by members of a movie audience which includes eighteen characters such as a Sunday school teacher whose husband isn’t getting any, a man bitter about his divorce, a defrocked drunken minister, a talking mule, and parodies of Trump and Hillary who meet in the theater, fall in love, and get married.

What if the pharaoh of Egypt could post on social media using the moniker “@atmakeegypt greatagain” and he describes his encounters with Moses? In this book he does.

What if eighteen characters are in a movie theater watching dozens of films about Bible stories, and they are free to comment or yell about absurdities and errors they see on the screen? In this book they are. For example, in the famous scene of the parting of the Red Sea in the Ten Commandments what does a drunken defrocked minister yell when it parts from the wrong direction? In this book you will find out.

What if there is a radio station that has been broadcasting since the time of Noah? In this case there is, with the exception of the two times it is destroyed and the announcer, The Salty Dog, is killed each time. First in the flood of Noah and the second time when he is playing the song, Great Balls of Fire as Sodom is being incinerated.

As you enter the theater, be prepared to laugh out loud, as you see how “Holy Wood” has changed Bible stories. By the time you finish this book you will realize you have learned a few things while you were laughing, and in some cases these things do make a difference.

About the author:

Phil Scheidt is a terrible golfer who could not get dates in college.

THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY:

“In 2011 my wife was diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. In 2017 my thirty-nine year old son died of congestive heart failure. In 2019 I lost Nancy to the cancer. She was the love of my life. Writing humor was my catharsis and a way of staying sane, although some of my friends might dispute that result.”
– Phil Scheidt